Has the world gone mad?- discuss (25marks)

By Steve Orme on Nov 11, 08 10:18 AM

From distant memory when I did my English Lit. A level required reading included Hamlet and Chaucer.
That was, as you would understand from a modern educationalists point of view, what's written on a packet of Hamlet and the passport details of Billy Chaucer who had the chippy on the corner of Frog Lane and Spring Gardens in Wigan.

Well it may as well have been if the current list can include the Manchester tram guide.
As the late Bill Shankly said, we should only ever be surprised that anyone is ever surprised.
It is only a matter of time until we get the self-introductions on University Challenge going: ".....and Gasworks College Rotherham:
"Biggert, reading bus tickets; Smallpension, reading VOSA form V10......
Frankly I am going to spend the weekend revising and reviewing the Merseyrail timetable as an entry for next year's Booker prize.
I do have one constructive suggestion if the examination boards are running out of ideas. My question would suit either economics or business studies 'units' as they are called in the post normal English usage world. And here it is.
General Motors is the biggest car manufacturer in the world, employing top business and engineering brains to predict customer needs and develop products relevant to the marketplace.
It is running out of money.
How?